Director: Kiah Roache-Turner
Cast: Mark Coles Smith, Joel Nankervis, Lee Tiger Halley, Lauren Grimson, Steve Le Marquand
Beast of War is a 2025 Australian horror-thriller directed by Kiah Roache-Turner, following a squad of young soldiers stranded on a shrinking raft in the Timor Sea during World War II — facing starvation, enemy fire, fractured loyalties, and the relentless pursuit of a massive great white shark.
What is Beast Of War about?
After their vessel goes down somewhere in the vast Timor Sea, a group of young Australian soldiers cling to a raft that grows smaller by the hour. Miles from any coastline, the men must hold themselves together as fear, hunger, and conflicting personalities push them to their breaking points. Enemy forces lurk nearby, but it is the shadow moving beneath the water — enormous, patient, and hungry — that becomes their most immediate threat. Each passing day strips away rank and bravado, leaving only raw survival instinct. The film asks what men become when all structure collapses and the ocean itself seems to want them dead.
Cast & crew
Director Kiah Roache-Turner, known for genre films built on raw tension and practical stakes, leads an ensemble largely drawn from Australian independent cinema. Mark Coles Smith and Joel Nankervis carry much of the dramatic weight as soldiers at odds with each other, while Steve Le Marquand and Lee Tiger Halley add grit to the supporting ranks.
Context & significance
Shark-survival cinema has had a dedicated following among Persian-speaking diaspora audiences who grew up on Hollywood and international genre classics. Beast of War blends the confined-space psychological drama of wartime stories with open-ocean creature-feature dread — a combination that plays well for viewers who enjoy both war films and suspense thrillers. The WWII Pacific theater setting is rarely explored in Persian-language media, making this an accessible window into a chapter of global history. The film is available on K-Time with Persian dubbing, so you can follow the dialogue comfortably regardless of your level of English familiarity.
Where & how to watch
Beast of War is available now on K-Time with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles. Watch on the web browser, your TV دستگاه, or your phone — no extra download required, no VPN, no geo-blocking. Subscribe and cancel anytime.